Welcome to the Bay Area Chapter of SID
The Society for Information Display
April Seminar
Ultra-high Performance AR Glasses Optics, Display, System, and Platform
Wednesday, April 13, 2022. 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PDT
Peng April 13 2022
Presentation Abstract
Kura is building the best performing augmented reality glasses, global telepresence, and remote collaboration platform. Kura’s first product, Kura Gallium, has a 150° field of view, 95% transparency (4x of existing), 8K resolution, high brightness, and a compact form factor. This ultra-high performance is achieved by using a unique architecture with fully customized components, including customized micro-LED displays, ASICs, optics, and software systems. All this innovation was recognized during CES 2022 with Kura Gallium receiving the CES Innovation Award. With both hardware and software, the Kura Gallium is a total platform solution with an SDK available for developers. Kura boasts over 350 companies as paid clients (100% in-bounding) with Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies accounting for more than 50 of those. In addition over 100K orders are currently on waitlist.
Kelly Peng
Kelly Peng is the founder, CEO & CTO of Kura Technologies, a company developing best in class augmented reality glasses. She is an inventor holding 10 patents and has worked on many innovative projects including brain-machine interfaces and flying cars. In 2019, Kelly was received the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30” in Manufacturing and Industry.
At UC Berkeley, Kelly worked on customized frequency-modulated LIDAR with mixed-signal ASICs. She was also a founding engineer of the Berkeley Brain-Machine Interface Group working on customized EEG and MEG sensors. She developed a machine learning algorithm for a brain-computer interface which detected likes/dislikes achieving the world’s highest accuracy and was on exhibition at the San Francisco Exploratorium Cognitive Technology Exhibit. Other innovative projects Kelly has worked on include building holographic displays, various customized sensors, and a Raman spectrometer. Kelly studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
BA-SID Seminar Details
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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Watch Party
Join BASID for a watch party at Giovanni’s pizza.
We will broadcast the webinar live at the restaurant and provide beverages during the talk. Pizza will be served at 7pm. Limited capacity of 65. Please register for the watch party during webinar registration.
Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: Giovanni’s New York Pizzeria
1127 Lawrence Expy, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Sri Peruvemba
BA-SID Professional Person Spotlight
BA-SID recognizes notable professionals in the display industry that are making or have made valuable contributions in the field.
Sri Peruvemba
Sri Peruvemba is CEO of Marketer International Inc., in California. Peruvemba was previously Chief Marketing Officer for E Ink Holdings, where he played a major role in transforming the startup to a $1B+ global company. With over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, Peruvemba has been an influential advocate in the advancement of electronic hardware technologies. He is an acknowledged expert on sensors, electronic displays, haptics, touch screens, electronic materials and related technologies; and consults, writes, and presents on those subjects globally. Peruvemba has also held senior level positions at Sharp Corp, Cambrios, Novasentis, TFS Inc., Planar Systems, and Suntronic Technology. Based in Silicon Valley, Peruvemba advises high tech firms in the U.S., Canada, and Europe as well as serves on the boards of Omniply, Summit Wireless, and Visionect. He has BS and MBA degrees and a post-graduate diploma in management. Peruvemba is also a right arm off-spinner for a Cricket team he co-founded in Silicon Valley.